COVID face masks don't impair most social interaction, study suggests

A new study debunks the idea that wearing a mask to slow the spread of disease damages most…

Growing numbers of Native American households in Nevada face plumbing poverty, water quality problems

A growing number of Native American households in Nevada have no access to indoor plumbing, a…

A newly discovered planet 40% larger than Earth may be suitable for life

It’s one of two new planets that were recently found about 100 light years from Earth,…

Replacing social media use with physical activity

If you spend 30 minutes less on social media every day and engage in physical activity…

Measuring wastewater coronavirus accurately

Monitoring of viruses in wastewater enables the course of a pandemic and its burdens on various…

Simple animal model reveals how environment and state are integrated to control behavior

A new neuroscience study shows how stimuli and states such as smells, stressors and satiety converge…

More than 1.1 million sea turtles poached over last three decades

Researchers estimate that more than 1.1 million sea turtles have been illegally killed and, in some…

Ketamine may be an effective treatment for children with ADNP syndrome, new study suggests

Results of a small but unique research study suggest that low-dose ketamine is generally safe, well-tolerated…

How changes in length of day change the brain and subsequent behavior

Using a mouse model, researchers describe a process in which affected neurons switch expression of neurotransmitters…

How a single protein could unlock age-related vision loss

Researchers are helping to reveal the molecular secrets of macular degeneration, which causes almost 90% of…